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Régine

(Regine)

Belgian-born French singer and nightclub entrepreneur Régine Zylberberg was born on December 26, 1929, in the city of Anderlecht. Commonly nicknamed “The Queen of the Night,” she is credited with contributing to the creation of modern-day club culture and is widely regarded as an icon in the gay community. After being abandoned by her mother, she spent most of her childhood in a convent in Nazi-occupied France and later sold underwear in the streets of Paris in order to survive. By the early 1950s, Régine was already a well-known figure in the Parisian nightlife working as a nigh...